eBays Half.com To Take On

eBays Half.com To Take On Amazon
"As part of the deal, Half.com will get to hire the core of Deja.com’s technical development team out of Austin, Texas, as well as licensing addition precision shopping technology from Net Perceptions. The plan is to use Deja.com’s and Net Perceptions’ precision shopping technology on the Half.com portal, which currently operates an Amazon- style service selling books, CDs, videos and other low-cost consumer items at set prices."
04/07/01 update: eBay vs. Amazon.
05/25/01 update: eBay and fixed-price site Half.com to be integrated.